We’re proud to present several guides this month, including one that’s frequently requested: an official FreeNAS hardware guide direct from the developers of FreeNAS. We’ve been working on it for a while and we hope you find it helpful.

Cheers,
The FreeNAS Team

A Complete Guide to FreeNAS Hardware DesignCheck out the definitive FreeNAS hardware guide authored by the one and only Josh Paetzel, a core member of the FreeNAS team and iXsystems Director of IT:

Why ZIL Size Matters (or Doesn’t) by Marty GodseyMarty Godsey, Sales Engineer at iXsystems, explains how ZIL size can affect performance and the other factors that you need to take into account to get the best performance from your system. Read more >>

How to install MiniDLNA into FreeNAS 9.3One of our forum community members, joeschmuck, wrote a helpful, step-by-step tutorial for manually installing MiniDLNA in a jail on FreeNAS. Read more >>

FreeNAS Certification ClassesWe now offer a free Intro to FreeNAS class that runs every day. For those of you interested in learning more about advanced topics, we also offer paid, fully interactive classes. Read more >>

6 Reasons Why TrueNAS is replacing NetApp and EMC – Free WebinarWhat’s the difference between FreeNAS and TrueNAS? For the answer, we invite you to join Matt Olander, Co-Founder of iXsystems, in a free webinar about TrueNAS. Find out why people are making the switch from big-name, legacy storage vendors to TrueNAS. Read more >>